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Originally Posted by DAVES
Far from an expert. Water you pay by the gallon, I think the bill is by cubic feet but you can convert it to gallons with simple math. I do wonder broken head, the number of gallons should be the same. Just the water is not being properly distributed.
Far as a broke head. They do not break on their own. Probably broken by one of the workers. Our mowing guy, someone else did it. I only run my heavy riding mower over it.
Sort of like playing Sherlock Holms who really broke the one in our flower bed. The painter or the garden guys. Replacing broken ones is fairly easy and fairly inexpensive.
The utube presentations. It takes me far longer to do it then the video. That seems to be true about all of them.
It is a good idea to put cups, washed tuna fish cans work well to see how even your water is being distributed. The heads, most of them can be adjusted for direction and flow. They do get improperly adjusted over time. Same guy with the heavy mower, he does not do that either.
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While sprinkler heads are prone to damage from mowers and landscapers (keep those protective donuts in good position) they absolutely can fail on their own, especially as they age. Certain common types fail by a fatigue mechanism, mainly when the return spring in the housing slams them back home when the cycle is complete. This results in a water-wasting geyser from that sprinkler head on the next cycle. I check my system regularly - very easy to do. Also, easier to spot a problem when you run the system early in the morning rather than during the night.